Safety-razor guard



Nov. 2o, w23. mms

- L.LORETFLEURANCE SAFETY RAZOR GUARD Filed May 8. 1922 Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS LORET-FLEURANCE, 0F ANGERS, FRANCE.

SAFETY-RAZOR GUARD.

Application led May 8, 1922. Serial No. 559,298.

To all 'whom t may concern.' A

Be it known'that I, LOUIS LORE'r-FLEUR- ANCE, a citizen of the Republic of France, and resident of Angers, France (post-ofiice address 7 Rue des Poeliers) have invented a new and useful Safety-Razor Guard, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification.

The object of my invention isa guardfor safety razors permitting, dueto its characteristic features, shaving with any flat orv Figure 11 is a side elevation of a safety,

razor handle equipped with the guard.

The guard which is the object of my invention is essentially characterized by the fact that its teeth, indentations or guides 1 are arranged slantwise, an arrangement which permits shaving without any diiliculty even the most awkward growth of a beard.

On the other'hand, the indentations, teeth or guides are reversed land leave a space 2 between their ends and the adjacent edge of the blade sufcient to allow the bristles and the soap to be cleared oil'. It will be observed, in this connection, that the teeth 1, instead of being formed immediately at the edges of the guard plate, are formedalong lthe outer edges of a pair of lon 'tudinal slots 3 which are located wholly within the confines of the guard and terminate in proximity to the ends thereof. These slots are disposed parallel with, and close to, the edges of the guard plate; and the teeth 1 extend inwardly toward, but terminate short of, the inner edges of the slotsin order to provide the space 2 previously mentioned. The edges of the ard l late may, however, be indented, as in 'cate at 4. t

Of course, the guard may be made either concave-convex or fiat, with or without a stem, according to the kind of razor to which it is `to be adapted. Theslant of the teeth may be in either direction, according as the razor is to be operated bya righthanded or by a left-handed user.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

l. A guard plate for safety razors, formed adjacent to and parallel with each longitudinal edge with a relatively narrow longitudinal slot, the inner longitudinal edge of which is straight and the ends of which terminate in proximity to the ends of the plate; and a series of guard teeth projecting inwardly from the outer longitudinal edge of each slot toward the said inner longitudinal edge thereof, the teeth of each series terminating short of the corresponding inner longitudinal edge to provide a clearance space for hair and soap.

2. A guard plate forsafety razors, formed adjacent to and parallel with each longitudinal edge with a relatively narrow longitudinal slot, the inner longitudinal edge of which is straight and the ends of which terminate in proximity to the ends of the plate; and a series of guard .teeth projectinginwardly from the outer longitudinal edge of each slo't toward the said inner longitudinal edge thereof, the teeth of each series extending at an incline relatively to the axis of the respective slot and terminating short of the inner edge thereof to provide a clearance space for hair and soap.

3. A guard plate for safety razors, formed adjacent to and parallel with each longitudinal edge with longitudinal slot, the inner longitudinal edge of which is straight and the.ends of which terminate in proximity to the ends a relatively-narrow kof the plate; and a series of guard teeth projecting inwardly from the outer longitudinaledge of each slot toward the said inner longitudinal edge thereof, the teeth of each series terminating short of the corresponding inner longitudinal edge to provide a clearance space for hair and soap; each edgeof the guard plate being indented and slightly bowed.

4. A guard formed adjacent to andparallel with each longitudinal edge with a relatively-narrow longitudinal slot, the inner longitudinal edge of which is straight and the ends of which terminate in proximity to the ends of the plate; and a series of guard teeth projecting inwardly fromthe outer longitudinal edge ofeach `slot toward the Said plate for safety razors,`

innei` longitudinal edge thereof, the teeth of each series extending at an incline relatively to the axis of the respective slot and termineting short of the corresponding inner longitudinal edge to provide a clearance space for hair end soap; each edge of the lguard plate being indented and slightly bowed.

In testimony whereof l have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

L. JULIVERNNE. 

